Match box



June 26, 1923.

Filed Deep. 21 1920 the striking surfacein the body of the box,

Patented June 26, 1923.

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THOMAS G. LOVEGBOVE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MATCH BOX.

Application filed December 21, 1920i Serial No. 432,232.-

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs G: Loveenovn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful. Match Box, ofivhich the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a match box more particularly formed of metal, whose cover is provided with a passage which is adapted to direct a match to be struck to and to prevent the ignition of the matches inthe box by the head of a match that is struck flying offfrom what may he termed the stick of the match, said passage having its WttliPIOVlClGCl with inclined flanges which extend to said surface and serve to direct the head of the match that is struck to the exterior of the cover of the boxwithout.

liability to catch on thesaid wall. or lodge on theistriking surface and clog the joint of said surface and wall.

It consists also in providing the box with a receptacle for car tickets and other articlcs, the members of said receptacle being preferably component parts of the adjacent portion of the box.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific de tails shown and described, as long asthey are within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of opposite sides of a match bOX embodying my invention.

Figure 3 represents an elevation of the box in open condition.

Figure 4 represents a, transverse section on line 4 4= Figure 1, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 represents a longitudinal section on line 5-5 Figure 1 on an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 represents a top or plan view of the box shown in either Figures 1 or 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a casing consisting of the body 2 and lid or cover 3, the latter being hinged at one end to the adjacentend of the casing and the casing having at the other end the catch 4 whose nose is adapted to engage the eye 5 on the relative end of the cover wherev the latter may be held in closed posit-lOl'l it being noticed that the body is adapted to receive the matches 6 which are of the form ofa batch connected with the pad 7, the latter being retained in position by the lips 8 which are connected with the sides of the interior of the body and adapted to embrace thesides of said pad, the latter having thereon thematch-striking surface 9 prevented from being ignited by the head of the match that is struck should said head fly-off which is known to occur occasionally when the matches in the boX are unguarded.

The walls of the passage are continued inwardly from the outer face of the cover forming the flanges 11 which project towards the striking surface '9 and engage therewith, said flanges on the respective sides of the walls of the passage converging so as toincline outwardly from the strik ing surface whereby when a match is struck by being moved laterally over said surface its head will ride upon either of said inclined flanges 11 to the exterior of the passage 10 andconsequently beyond the exterior of the outer face of the cover without liability to lodge on the wall of the passage and clog the joint between said wall and the striking surface and deposit on the latter.

On what may be termed the bottom or backof the body of the box is the recep tacle 12 whir-h is formed in the present case by striking up from said back so as to produce the outturned sides 13, the outer wall 14:, the closed bottom l5 and the open top 16, the latter constituting the inlet to the interior of said receptacle, it being noticed that as the metal or material ofthe back of the box is struck upor swedged out .it forms said sides, outerwall and bottom, and thus the receptacle is integral with said back while the metal or material as struck up or swedged out forms an opening in the back and thus the receptacle adds no weight to the body of the box. The opening formed in the back is closed by the batch of matches which latter thus prevent objects from en-' tering the body of the box.

It is evident that the sides, outer wall and bottom of the receptacle 12 may be bra-zed,

to contain therein matches and a match-" striking surface, said cover being hinged at one end to said body and having therein near the other end thereoi: a passage which is adapted to "form a communication with and expose said matclrstrilnng surface;

the walls of said passage beingfcontinued inwardly toward tne striking surface.

2. A match box consisting; of a body'haying. an opening in the back, and a cover therefor, said body being adapted to contain therein matches and a match-striking sur portion, the receptacle having a front, sides and bottom. walls and h'aving; an inletgto its interiorsaid walls being connected with the adjacentportion ofthe box and projecting 'outwar .ly therefrom to term an open back adapted to beclosed by the matches.

In a match 'boxhaving a body and a cover. said body having an opening in the back and forming a receptacle-on the "exterior of the box formed of outwardly projecting wali's on the adjacent portion of the box and comprising component parts of said an inlet to the interior thereof.

TI-lOh liiS G. LOVEGROVE.

-Witnesses Join: A. WVIEDERSHEIM,

N. BUSSINGER. 

